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12021-12-02T01:37:30+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49Info: 1970 The Chicano Moratorium and illustration5August 29, 1970plain2023-03-20T23:04:04+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.09.03 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:16:35+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491969 1st Chicano Moratorium: Outside recruiting center2Chicano Moratorium protesters outside the Marine Corps recruiting station, November 19, 1969. | Image courtesy of the UCLA Library Digital Collections, Creative Commons Licensemedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.09.03 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:25:56+00:00November 19, 1969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.26.12 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:27:49+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491969 1st Chicano Moratorium: Rosalio Muñoz1Rosalio Muñoz greets Chicano Moratorium activists in November 1969.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.26.12 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:27:49+00:00November, 1969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.20.25 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:21:43+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors in the rain6Chicano Moratorium march on a February 28, 1970. Events on this rainy day were captured by Jesus Trevino for the fim "Moratorium in the Rain," aired on KCET in 1970 as part of the program Ahora!media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.20.25 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:13:52+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.22.32 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:24:54+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Protestor with fist raised4~4,000 gathered on rainy day to protest. This first gathering is documented in the 1st issue of La Raza magazine.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.22.32 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:14:45+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.28.42 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:29:55+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Woman and man hold up posters4Man and woman holding posters during the marchmedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.28.42 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:16:51+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.30.26 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:31:50+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Woman with umbrella4Women holding an umbrella to shelter herself from the rain during the marchmedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.30.26 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:17:36+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.25.39 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:27:57+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Las Adelitas de Aztlán join protest4“After leaving the Brown Berets, Arellanes — along with Jensen and her sister, Grace; Andrea and Esther Sánchez; Lorraine Escalante; Yolanda Solis; and Arlene Sánchez — founded Las Adelitas de Aztlán. The name referred to the soldaderas who fought alongside the men during the Mexican Revolution. They invited members of the community to join them and on Feb. 28, 1970, they made their public debut at the second anti-war moratorium in East Los Angeles.” Members of Las Adelitas de Aztlán at the second Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War on Feb. 28, 1970. At right is Hilda Reyes. They marched in the rain under a banner made by Gloria Arellanes and other members of the group. Las Adelitas dissolved later that year.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.25.39 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:15:39+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.37.51 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:40:49+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Las Adelitas de Aztlán protesting4Two women with crosses marching during the Chicano Moratoriummedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.37.51 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:18:52+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.32.37 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:34:42+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Group of protestors4Protestors holding various sign as they marchmedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.32.37 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:19:30+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.36.01 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:37:05+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Woman with sign and umbrella5Women with umbrella and sign around her neck at the 2nd Chicano Moratoriummedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.36.01 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:20:03+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.44.41 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:44:55+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Brown Berets make an appearance4People marching during the 2nd Chicano Moratoriummedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.44.41 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:20:36+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-25 at 4.20.07 PM_thumb.png2023-03-25T23:17:53+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Two female Brown Berets1Two female Brown Berets, a Chicano activist group, stand together in matching uniforms during a National Chicano Moratorium Committee march in opposition to the war in Vietnam, Los Angeles, California, February 28th, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-25 at 4.20.07 PM.pngplain2023-03-25T23:17:53+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.41.32 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:43:00+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Men carrying a coffin4Four men carrying a coffin during the 2nd Chicano Moratoriummedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.41.32 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:21:08+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.45.45 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:47:18+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Young protester holding a sign4Three young protestors carry a sign reading "STOP! CHICANO GENOCIDE" during the 2nd Chicano Moratoriummedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.45.45 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:22:00+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.48.53 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:50:29+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 2nd Chicano Moratorium: Large group of protestors4A large group of people marching during the 2nd Chicano Moratorium. Notice the Brown Berets in frontmedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.48.53 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:22:34+00:00February 28, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.52.50 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:53:12+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Two young protestors hold up a large banner3“Aug. 29, 1970 was the third in a series of anti-war demonstrations that had taken place in East Los Angeles without incident.”media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.52.50 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:30:01+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.55.18 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:55:32+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Group of protestors move down Whittier Blvd.3“The National Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War in East Los Angeles would become the biggest gathering of Mexican American demonstrators in U.S. history to that point, with about 20,000 people parading down Whittier Boulevard to what was then called Laguna Park — before widespread violence erupted when sheriff’s deputies stormed the park and skirmishes followed. Patrol cars and buildings were set on fire.”media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.55.18 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:30:56+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.48.41 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:48:57+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Group of protestors move down Whittier Blvd. 21Chicano Moratorium March, August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles. According to UCLA history professor Juan Gómez-Quiñones, some 500 police officers and sheriff’s deputies joined the melee that day.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.48.41 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:48:57+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War_thumb.jpeg2022-07-14T23:13:46+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Kids ride on a car down Whittier Blvd.2Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War and the march and rally in Los Angeles on August 29, 1970, that ended in around 200 hundred arrests, many injuries and 3 deaths. David Fenton/Getty Imagesmedia/Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War.jpegplain2023-03-21T01:08:47+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.56.34 PM_thumb.png2022-10-14T23:57:08+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors hold anti Vietnam War posters3Chicano Moratorium march down Whittier Blvd in East LA on August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 4.56.34 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:32:11+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.34.45 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:37:09+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors hold anti Vietnam War posters 21Chicana and Chicano demonstrators marching down Beverly Boulevard at the start of the Moratorium, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.34.45 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:37:09+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.37.19 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:38:24+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors hold anti Vietnam War posters 31Chicano Moratorium protestor on Whittier Blvd in East LA on August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.37.19 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:38:24+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.38.43 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:39:59+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Group of protestors move down Atlantic Avenue1National Chicano Moratorium demonstrators marching down Atlantic Avenue, one of East L.A.’s busiest streets. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.38.43 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:39:59+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.42.26 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:43:51+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protest buttons1Chicano Moratorium Buttons from the 3rd Chicano Moratorium. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.42.26 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:43:51+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.49.58 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:51:52+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Fellow protestors watch the Chicano Moratorium1People watch the National Chicano Moratorium march to Laguna Park, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.49.58 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:51:52+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.53.12 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:53:50+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Fellow protestors watch the Chicano Moratorium 21People watch the National Chicano Moratorium march to Laguna Park, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.53.12 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:53:50+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.01.36 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:03:07+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Fellow protestors watch the Chicano Moratorium 31Chicano Moratorium Committee conducts a march and rally commemorating the ninth anniversary of Chicano anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in Atlantic Park. Hernando Perez (right foreground) gets inspired as he watches the demonstrators. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.01.36 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:03:07+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.57.07 PM_thumb.png2023-03-20T23:57:50+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors march down Whittier Blvd. 11Protesters march on Whittier Boulevard during the National Chicano Moratorium, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.57.07 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T23:57:50+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.58.20 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:00:06+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors march down Whittier Blvd. 21Mother holding child marches on Whittier Boulevard during the National Chicano Moratorium, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.58.20 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:00:06+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.00.22 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:01:14+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors march down Whittier Blvd. 32Protestors marching on Whittier Boulevard during the National Chicano Moratorium, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.00.22 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:01:42+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.08.31 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:10:01+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Newly weds march in Chicano Moratorium1A newly wedded couple march in the National Chicano Moratorium, which took place in East Los Angeles, August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.08.31 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:10:01+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.45.18 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:11:16+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors arrive at Laguna Park1Demonstrators arrived hot and exhausted, but excited to Laguna Park after the 3 mile march. Laguna Park, founded in 1940, became the Moratorium focal point as 20-30,000 exhausted antiwar demonstrators sat on park grass to hear speeches from 13 speakers, including Dolores Huerta, “Corky” Gonzales, César Chávez, activist lawyer Oscar Zeta Acosta, and Rosalío Muñoz. Besides opposing the Vietnam War and police brutality, speakers aimed to promoted Mexican American cultural pride, but few of them had the chance to deliver their remarks.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 4.45.18 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:11:16+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.05.25 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:06:51+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors march over Highway 601Demonstrators cross the pedestrian bridge connecting the divided sides of Belvedere Park across California State Highway 60 during the Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.05.25 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:06:51+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.01.49 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:02:07+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Rosalio Munoz speaks at Laguna Park3Rosalio Munoz speaks at the 3rd Chicano Moratorium rally in East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970. The protest started peacefully and included whole families, mothers with young children protesting against the Vietnam War.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.01.49 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:14:17+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.07.10 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:08:17+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Protestors carry a sign1Demonstrators holding up a sign that reads “Be Brown Be Proud” during the Chicano Moratorium, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.07.10 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:08:17+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.04.41 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:05:02+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Consuelo Flores recounts as violence broke out2Consuelo Flores Remembers, age 9 in 1970. She remembered smoke — tear gas, shot into the crowds. Untold numbers of protesters were injured by deputies or while fleeing. ‘I’m 9 years old, and I’m seeing the cop who’s supposed to protect me, whacking” a young man, she recalled. ‘My [red] shoes just fall off, and I just keep running, I’m running with my bare feet, so now my feet are burning too, and ... I’m just trying to get home.’media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.04.41 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:16:19+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.05.41 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:07:51+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Policeman with shotgun2A police deputy with shotgun raised outside of a National Chicano Moratorium march in August 1970 that attracted between 20,000 and 30,000 demonstrators.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.05.41 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:17:16+00:00August 29, 1970La Raza Staff Photographers/UCLA Chicano Studies Research CenterGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.08.58 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:10:03+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Policemen charge towards Laguna Park3Sheriff's deputies descend on Chicano Moratorium demonstrators on Whittier Boulevard near Indiana Street as the march erupts into chaos on Aug. 29, 1970media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.08.58 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:18:10+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.19.34 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:20:54+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Crowds clash with police at Laguna Park1Crowd clashes with police at Laguna Park during the Chicano Moratorium March, August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.19.34 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:20:54+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.24.15 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:24:43+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Crowds clash with police at Laguna Park 21Crowd clashes with police at Laguna Park during the Chicano Moratorium March in East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.24.15 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:24:43+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.26.22 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:27:07+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Crowds clash with police at Laguna Park 31L.A. County Sheriff’s Department deputies confront demonstrators in Laguna Park (now Ruben F. Salazar Park), East L.A. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.26.22 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:27:07+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.12.46 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:13:34+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Injured policeman dragged out of Laguna Park2Arrellanes: One image remains embedded in her memory: “It was at the park. There was a lot of paper, a lot of debris. There was a wheelchair, tipped on its side. Nobody in it. You know, somebody carried somebody. That always stayed on my mind. Laguna Park was renamed Salazar Park. Image from Herald-Examiner Collectionmedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.12.46 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:18:53+00:00August 29, 1970Herald-Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library: National Chicano MoratoriumGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.28.50 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:29:59+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Crowds clash with police at Laguna Park 41LASD officers after the confrontation with protesters during the National Chicano Moratorium at Laguna Park, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.28.50 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:29:59+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.30.16 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:31:03+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Crowds clash with police at Laguna Park 52LASD officers after the confrontation with protesters during the National Chicano Moratorium at Laguna Park, East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.30.16 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:31:32+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.31.23 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:32:14+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Crowds clash with police at Laguna Park 61Laguna Park after the Chicano Moratorium. Protest Sign reads: “Chale Con la Draft”. August 29, 1970. This photo shows an empty and abandoned park after people were violently attacked by officers using batons and teargas canisters.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.31.23 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:32:14+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.32.27 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:33:52+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Sheriff car burns1LASD vehicle burns during the National Chicano Moratorium. East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.32.27 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:33:52+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.34.11 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:35:05+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Shop on Whittier Blvd. burns1Buildings burn on Whittier Boulevard during the National Chicano Moratorium. East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.34.11 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:35:05+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.35.38 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:36:39+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Smoke rises off Whittier Blvd. as several buildings burn1Smoke rises above Whittier Blvd. from multiple fires points to the chaotic aftermath of the Chicano Moratorium march on Aug. 29, 1970. On Aug. 29, 1970, more than 20,000 demonstrators marched through East Los Angeles for the National Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War. But the protest for peace devolved into conflict between demonstrators and sheriff’s deputies. By day’s end, hundreds were arrested and trailblazing Latino journalist Ruben Salazar was dead. Ultimately 3 died in the protests. What started as a peaceful demonstration, and what some folks felt was going to be a celebratory moment demanding peace, turned into violence & chaos.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.35.38 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:36:39+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.38.28 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:43:29+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: LASD officers outside the Silver Dollar Cafe1LASD officers in front of the Silver Dollar Cafe moments before Ruben Salazar is killed. East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.38.28 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:43:29+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.46.33 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:47:22+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: LASD officers outside the Silver Dollar Cafe 21LASD officers in front of the Silver Dollar Cafe moments before Ruben Salazar is killed. East Los Angeles. August 29, 1970.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.46.33 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:47:22+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.42.06 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:48:16+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: LASD officers outside the Silver Dollar Cafe 31Deputies at the Silver Dollar moments before Ruben Salazar was killed. “Silencing his voice was a devastating move toward interracial, interethnic understanding,” said Félix Gutiérrez, professor emeritus at USC Annenberg School of Journalism. “And it showed that if you speak up too much, you might end up paying a price.”media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.42.06 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:48:16+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Silver dollar Cafe_thumb.jpeg2022-09-07T00:13:56+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Death of Ruben Salazar4Deputies at the Silver Dollar moments after Ruben Salazar was killed. The county set up a coroner’s inquest with clergy and community activists who could lend credibility to the investigation into Salazar’s death. One of those people was Irene Tovar, who currently sits on the City of LA’s Human Relations Commission.media/Silver dollar Cafe.jpegplain2023-03-21T00:45:45+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.48.43 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:49:44+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Ruben Salazar 11Ruben Salazar in the late 1960s or 1970. “So they went through a showcase coroner’s inquest … and District Attorney Evelle J. Younger decided not to file any charges,” said Gutiérrez. The LA County Sheriff’s Department historian declined to comment for this story on Rubén Salazar’s death or the investigation that followed.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.48.43 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:49:44+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.17.03 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:17:53+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Ruben Salazar 22“Anyone who has worked a police beat as a reporter, as I have, knows that policemen tend to have difference attitudes toward enforcing the law depending on the social, financial and racial makeup of the people they deal with.” -Ruben Salazar Journalist Rubén Salazar and camera operator Guillermo Restrepo trailed after police who were chasing people east down Whittier Blvd. They eventually stopped at the Silver Dollar Bar and Café. That was where Los Angeles County deputy sheriff Tom Wilson said he fired the tear gas canister that struck Salazar in the head. Rubén Salazar was both the news director at Spanish language TV station KMEX and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.17.03 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:40:21+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.49.57 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:50:50+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 3rd Chicano Moratorium: Ruben Salazar 31David Alfaro Siqueiros, Heroic Voice, 1970, Lithograph. Ruben Salazar’s death had major reverberations, not just in California, but around the world.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.49.57 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:50:50+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.54.09 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T00:55:11+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: Newspaper the day after the 3rd Chicano Moratorium1Trauma from the fallout of the 3rd Chicano Moratorium. “After the Chicano Moratorium, I said no way am I going to put myself in jeopardy ever again,” Jensen says. “Because that’s how scared I was.” Jensen stopped organizing. Arellanes: “To see all that tragedy and that violence and get tear gassed, to see people screaming and running for their lives. It destroys something in you when you see that much pain.” Later, when Arellanes raised her two sons, she wouldn’t even let them have water guns.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 5.54.09 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:55:11+00:00August 30, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.00.20 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T01:01:20+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: Men reading newspaper1A group of men reading a newspaper promoting Raul Ruiz as the La Raza Unida Party candidate for California's 48th Assembly District.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.00.20 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T01:01:20+00:001970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.01.33 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T01:02:17+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: Women talking1Anna Nieto Gomez and another woman inside a kitchen at Los Angeles City College.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.01.33 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T01:02:17+00:001970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.23.36 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:24:32+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: After moratorium demonstration2Chicano Moratorium Committee anti-war demonstrators gather in East L.A. "The biggest, bloodiest disturbance in Los Angeles since Watts five years earlier lasted several hours. When it was over, Los Angeles Times columnist Ruben Salazar was dead and two others mortally wounded, about 200 people were under arrest, 75 law enforcement officers and untold numbers of demonstrators were injured, 95 county vehicles were destroyed or damaged, 44 buildings were pillaged and eight major fires had been set.” “After the Chicano Moratorium, I said no way am I going to put myself in jeopardy ever again,” Jensen says. “Because that’s how scared I was.” Jensen stopped organizingmedia/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.23.36 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T00:56:13+00:00August 29, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.21.06 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:21:20+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 Later Chicano Moratoriums: Raul Ruiz and the corpse of Gustav Montag3Raul Ruiz lays a Mexican flag atop the corpse of Gustav Montag, during a 1971 protest in East Los Angeles. Three people died on Aug. 29, 1970 Moratorium. They included: LA Times journalist and KMEX (Ch. 34) news director Rubén Salazar, Gilberto Diaz (Angel Gilbert Diaz) and Lyn Ward. During a 1971 protest, Gustav Montag was murdered by police. Identified as Jewish, Montag was the fourth casualty in East LA of the organized moratoriums. This moratorium was held on February 2, 1971.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.21.06 PM.pngplain2023-03-25T23:14:35+00:00February 2,1971Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-25 at 4.10.57 PM_thumb.png2023-03-25T23:14:40+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 Later Chicano Moratoriums: Child forced to the ground1Police Subdue Young Chicano Protester in East Los Angeles, February 2nd, 1971. Sheriff Deputies tussle with a youthful demonstrator who was caught after trying to break through police lines after the area of East Los Angeles had been declared an unlawful assembly. After a peaceful Chicano Moratorium rally at Belvedere Park, a rock throwing melee started, and several hours later one person was reported dead and three were injured. Several fires had been started in the area.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-25 at 4.10.57 PM.pngplain2023-03-25T23:14:40+00:00February 2, 1971Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.55.02 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:56:08+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: 1971 ASCO Stations of the Cross2Stations of the Cross was a walking “ritual of resistance” against what the performance group Asco considered the “useless deaths” taking place in Vietnam. The male members of the group (which originally comprised Harry Gamboa Jr., Gronk, Willie Herrón III, and Patssi Valdez) paraded down Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, with Herrón as a Christ/death figure bearing a large cardboard cross. The quasi-Passion Play ended with the trio blocking a U.S. Marines recruiting office with the cross, symbolically halting military recruitment from their Mexican American neighborhood.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.55.02 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T01:05:21+00:001971Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.05.40 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T01:06:39+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: 1971 ASCO Stations of the Cross 21One year earlier, Whittier Boulevard had been the site of the National Chicano Moratorium March – the largest war protest organized by a minority group, and one that called out the disproportionate burden borne by Americans of color on the front lines.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.05.40 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T01:06:39+00:001971Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.52.44 PM_thumb.png2022-10-15T00:54:25+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: 1974 ASCO First Supper After a Major Riot2Harry Gamboa Jr.: LA County sheriffs open fired on innocent students and protestors, and wounded and killed many people who were protesting against the war in Vietnam, and were also protesting against police violence, which was followed by a two to three-and-a-half year crackdown on young people gathering on the streets of East Los Angeles. At the time that we shot [First Supper After a Major Riot], we felt that it had been long enough. It was time for it to be extinguished. And so, we declared it to be a celebration. Willie Herrón: At the time of the Moratorium, I was in high school. I remember the procession originating at Belvedere Park, protesting the Vietnam War and all the Chicanos that lost their lives. The police brutality was incredible. It affected me quite a bit and I think it affected all of us. So that's why Whittier Boulevard became such an important street, and a place for us to conduct our performances and connect them to our community and the way society viewed us at the time.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 5.52.44 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T01:03:21+00:001974Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.03.42 PM_thumb.png2023-03-21T01:04:41+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 After Chicano Moratoriums: 1974 ASCO First Supper After a Major Riot 21Gronk: We decided that it was time that we would take action and actually use the streets once again. We would take over a street or a neighborhood and activate it in some way. Pattsi Valdez: These performances usually happened really quickly. An idea would be sparked and then we'd gather all our stuff and Harry would pick us all up, and we'd put everything in the car, and then we'd zoom off into the city and find the location.I think it was a combination of performance art and protest. For me, it was very important to try to get noticed because I had things to say. I felt like I had to do it in a big way, so that the viewer would pay attention. The look, the make-up: I needed for you to pay attention, because I had a message. Gronk: During the performance, people either honked their horns or cheered us on. But also in the back of our minds…at the time a phone call was ten cents, so we all had ten cents in our pocket just in case we had to make that phone call from jail.media/Screen Shot 2023-03-20 at 6.03.42 PM.pngplain2023-03-21T01:04:41+00:001974Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/silver-dollar_thumb.jpeg2022-09-09T21:14:56+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49Info: Remembering Ruben Salazar's Life, Not Just His Death3David Sandoval Papers, Special Collections, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California Sate University, LA - Sheriff's deputies outside the Silver Dollar, August 29, 1970. Salazar was born in Juarez, Mexico but emigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was an infant. As an immigrant living in Texas during the Great Depression, he had much to overcome. He would later recall that it was common to see signs that read "No Dogs, Negroes, and Mexicans" on public establishments. Still, he enlisted in the Armed Forces and went to college on the GI Bill. He become the managing editor of his college newspaper and used his regular column to speak out against racism and McCarthyism. An accomplished journalist, Salazar earned his credentials reporting from the trenches. He used his bilingual skill and knowledge of the barrio to do in depth reporting in El Paso, Texas, and later in California where he was hired by the Los Angeles Times, where he covered political, social and other news, with a special focus on major developments in the Mexican American community. As The Times' first Mexican American foreign correspondent, Salazar would report on the Vietnam War, Central America and the Olympics in Mexico City. In 1969 The Times brought him back to Los Angeles, where he would cover the growing Chicano movement, fast becoming national news. Salazar would go on to write about the changing attitudes, lives and activities of people living in Los Angeles' barrios during those turbulent times. In 1970, as a Times columnist and Spanish language news editor, he advocated on behalf of the community and welcomed the Chicano movement. To Salazar, journalism was more than just a career; it was a vehicle for democracy. He saw journalism as a way to influence public opinion and create change. On the flipside, however, it meant he would constantly be under the critical eye of those interested in maintaining the status quo, and would have to learn how to subtly and gradually break down stereotypes in order to push the social justice movement forward. He covered a wide variety of events and topics, which enabled him to find ways to get barrio realities recognized as news. That in turn helped the Mexican American community see itself as newsmakers, and history makers. Ruben Salazar was becoming an activist journalist when his life was cut short, killed by a sheriff's tear gas canister while covering the Chicano Moratorium on August 29, 1970. According to the coroner's report he was wearing the demonstrations' green, white and red button: "CHICANO MORATORIUM 8,000 Dead ¡YA BASTA! L.A. Aug. 29." He was just 42 years old. This article was originally published on EGPNews.com.media/silver-dollar.jpegplain2023-03-21T01:10:20+00:001970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49